AJAX Hacks (Photocopy Edition)

Author: (USA) Perry
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Want to add interactive features to your Web site? Want to create a beautiful Web application like a desktop application software? This book is exactly what you're looking for. It mainly introduces: How to use Ajax to develop personalized HTML forms, how to share and integrate resources of Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, and GeoURL APIs, how to manage browser history and back button, how to manage network connections and Web services, and more. This book can break you free from the constraints of traditional Web technologies and give your website and Web applications more flexibility and interactivity! Want to add interactive features to your Web site? Want to create a beautiful Web application like a desktop application software? "Ajax Hacks" is the book you're looking for to help you achieve these ideas. Ajax is a new example of a set of basic construction technologies that can help websites break free from the constraints of traditional Web technologies and give websites and Web applications more flexibility and interactivity. Ajax organically combines the advantages of HTML, JavaScript, and XML, allowing partial data exchange between web pages and servers instead of full-page exchange. With Ajax, you can let more work be done on the client side, like the popular Gmail or Google Maps. Ajax is very suitable for the development of large-scale projects, and its flexibility is also applicable to medium and small-sized websites and applications. This book includes the following content: How to use Ajax to develop personalized HTML forms to meet the needs of different customers How to share and integrate resources of Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, and GeoURL APIs How to work with cookies in the Ajax environment How to manage Browser History and Back button How to remotely call Java and Ruby on Rails for Ajax application development How to use JavaScript libraries such as Prototype, Rico, and script.aculo.us How to manage network connections and Web services In short, "Ajax Hacks" elaborates on a development tool for next-generation web applications, and also tells you about several different methods of using Ajax for program development. Whether you want to learn about Ajax or find a new way to use Ajax, this book will accompany you on a long journey.